"The idea of superintelligent machines may sound like the plot of "The Terminator"
or "The Matrix," but many experts say the idea isn't far-fetched. Some even think
the singularity — the point at which artificial intelligence can match, and then
overtake, human smarts — might happen in just 16 years.

But nearly every computer scientist will have a different prediction for when and
how the singularity will happen."